Don // 2006 // Yeh Mera Dil

Yeh Mera Dil an iconic song from the film Don with Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor was shot on a large film set in Film City in Goregaon, Mumbai. The set was designed and built to look like a penthouse suite in a luxury hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Plants, artwork and décor where incorporated into the set design and dressing to make it feel like we where in Malaysia.

SRK and Kareena Kapoor in Yeh Mera Dil — SRK and Kareena Kapoor with the backdrop of the Kuala Lumpur print // Yeh Mera Dil // Don

Kareena Kapoor In Yeh Mera Dil Song — Kareena Kapoor between the Shujo screen doors // Yeh Mera Dil // Don

SRK and Kareena Kapoor on the Lazy Boy Chair // Yeh Mera Dil // Don

SRK and Kareena in Yeh Mera Dil — SRK and Yeh Mera Dil song set bedroom // Yeh Mera Dil // Don

SRK and Kareena Kapoor against backlit bar // Yeh Mera DIl // Don

Kareena Kapoor in the KL Penthouse hotel — Karrena Kapoor on the shaggy carpet // Yeh Mera Dil // Don

The key furniture pieces for the dance sequence were the four poster bed, the shaggy carpets and the lazy boy chair. They were chosen for their luxurious feel and for the various positions that the bed, rug and chair can be used for a for a dance sequence.

Plan of the set — Plan of the Yeh Mera Dil Set // Credit Aradhana Seth

Negatives of Kuala Lumpur — Options of Kuala Lumpur Cityscapes, one of which was later printed 70 feet wide as a backdrop // Credit Aradhana Seth

Don Yeh Mera Dil Set construction — Set construction in progress, deep holes have been left in the 8' platform for the bamboo to be placed // Aradhana Seth

A 90 foot photographic print of the skyline of the city containing the Petronas Towers was stretched outside the windows of the set. Lights where stitched into it including the blinking light at the top. The photograph was taken at the magnification required as per the distance between the window and the set walls. The set was built at an 8 foot height.

Director. Farhan Akhtar

Production Designer. Aradhana Seth

Set Decorator. Nandini Shrikent

Cinematographer. K.U. Mohanan

Choreographer. Farah Khan

Aradhana Seth · Built Set · Choreography · Don · Excel Entertainment · Farah khan · Farhan Akhtar · Kareena Kapoor · La Z Boy · Lazy Boy · Nandini Shrikent · Set Construction · Shah Rukh Khan · Song Set · SRK

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